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HENRY E. COUCHMAN JR is an attorney with the Unified Government of Wyandotte County in Kansas City, Kansas, where he is responsible for defending the Unified Government and its employees in civil actions brought in state and federal courts. Mr. Couchman has extensive experience representing governmental entities and their employees in civil rights, tort, and employment discrimination litigation. He has defended police officers, sheriff's deputies, and their employers in numerous civil lawsuits in state and federal courts. He is licensed to practice in the State of Kansas, the U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas, the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals, and the U.S. Supreme Court. He earned his J.D. degree from the University of Kansas School of Law. JAMES R. JARROW is a partner in the law firm of Baker Sterchi Cowden & Rice, L.L.C., with offices in Missouri and Kansas. He regularly tries lawsuits, as he practices in civil litigation in both state and federal courts. Mr. Jarrow serves as national trial counsel and regional trial counsel for several clients. He has lectured to various professional groups on litigation issues. He is the editor of The Missouri Bar's Professional Negligence Section of the Court's bulletin. ANDREW B. PROTZMAN is an attorney with Protzman Law Firm, LLC, where his practice focuses on representing plaintiffs in catastrophic injury litigation, as well as in complex commercial and securities litigation. He has represented multiple clients in personal injury and civil rights lawsuits against local law enforcement agencies, including a recent case which garnered major network and national mainstream media interest. Mr. Protzman has extensive trial experience, having tried numerous jury trials to conclusion in Kansas and Missouri. He draws on his past experience and work ethic as a corporate defense lawyer in a large firm, and combines that with the flexibility and creativity only available in a smaller practice to provide a unique perspective and quality representation to all his clients. Mr. Protzman is the founder of the Protzman Law Firm, LLC, a trial law firm specializing in the litigation and trial of personal injury and business cases in Kansas, Missouri and across the country. Previously, he was a partner at Baker Sterchi Cowden & Rice, LLC, in Kansas City, Missouri, where his practice for nine years concentrated on the defense of national and international product manufacturers in product liability matters. He is a graduate of the University of Kansas and earned his J.D. degree from the UMKC School of Law, where he served as a member of the UMKC Law Review. ROBERT B. VAN CLEAVE is a solo practitioner in Overland Park, Kansas where his areas of practice include employment law and employment discrimination, including benefits determination representing at varying times the employee and also the employers. Mr. Van Cleave earned his B.A. and J.D. degrees from the University of Kansas. He is admitted to practice before the Kansas Supreme Court, federal courts and U.S. Supreme Court. Mr. Van Cleave is a member of the Kansas and Johnson County bar associations, the Kansas Bar Association Ethics Grievance Panel, the Kansas Bar Association Fee Dispute Committee and the Johnson County Bar Fee Dispute Committee.
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